Objects of special interest
These pages contain notes about objects chosen from the Museum collection.
Please select a picture or button to the right for notes about an object.
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Medals awarded to Frederick Maxwell Veness, MM
A gallant soldier of Australian Artillery.
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Portrait of Alfred Spencer Heathcote, VC
An Indian Mutiny recipient of the Victoria Cross who also
gave military and civilian public service to Queensland
and New South Wales.
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Medals awarded to Henry Mitchell Jones, VC
A Crimean War recipient of the Victoria Cross who
became a career diplomat.
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Medals awarded to Henry Forster
An infantry sergeant in the Peninsular War and at the
Battle of Waterloo who became a gaol governor in New
South Wales.
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Pillbox cap owned by Henry Green
The first soldier to enlist in the New South Wales
Artillery.
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